goodbyebluesky82
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Hi guys I am tasting my second batch, and am detecting a slight off-flavor. Heres the rundown:
The first bottle I tried was the half-filled one (the last one filled during bottling) and it was pretty good, which was encouraging. It was exactly 3 weeks old in the bottle.
The second and third bottle a couple days later seemed undercarb'd but flavor was good.
The fourth bottle last night (now 4 weeks old in the bottle) still seemed a bit undercarbed, had little to no head, and I detected a slight "off-taste". My wife said it tasted "dirty". I thought it tasted good up front, but had a funny taste in the finish. To which she agreed.
I've never tasted oxidation before but worry that this taste (could be the power of suggestion but reminds me of cardboard) means at least this bottle or more could have oxidized, but I don't understand how or why?!
Here's what I did:
It sat in the primary almost 3 weeks and cleared fairly well. Then I bottled, using my bottle wand of course. I didn't even transfer to a bottling bucket since my primary has a spigot, and I primed with carbtabs. I stopped and capped the bottles with each 12 or so.
I don't see how I could have gotten oxidation in this batch. Was it bad the bottles got shook around once bottled? Could that have done it? Man. I got like 46 bottles of this brew and hope its not oxidation since that doesnt age out.
The first bottle I tried was the half-filled one (the last one filled during bottling) and it was pretty good, which was encouraging. It was exactly 3 weeks old in the bottle.
The second and third bottle a couple days later seemed undercarb'd but flavor was good.
The fourth bottle last night (now 4 weeks old in the bottle) still seemed a bit undercarbed, had little to no head, and I detected a slight "off-taste". My wife said it tasted "dirty". I thought it tasted good up front, but had a funny taste in the finish. To which she agreed.
I've never tasted oxidation before but worry that this taste (could be the power of suggestion but reminds me of cardboard) means at least this bottle or more could have oxidized, but I don't understand how or why?!
Here's what I did:
It sat in the primary almost 3 weeks and cleared fairly well. Then I bottled, using my bottle wand of course. I didn't even transfer to a bottling bucket since my primary has a spigot, and I primed with carbtabs. I stopped and capped the bottles with each 12 or so.
I don't see how I could have gotten oxidation in this batch. Was it bad the bottles got shook around once bottled? Could that have done it? Man. I got like 46 bottles of this brew and hope its not oxidation since that doesnt age out.